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Software product lines (SPL) has been consolidated in the last decades as a de facto and non-opportunistic way of mass customization and reuse of software artifacts to produce specific products. Over the years, SPLs and their construction processes have evolved based on several seminal works and technologies. In this chapter, we characterize an SPL, present its terminology, chronologically present its first construction methodologies and second-generation ones, and describe SPL development approaches. We conclude the chapter with final remarks and considerations for the next chapters.

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Prof. David would like to thank the Project (RTI2018-101204-B-C22, OPHELIA), funded by FEDER/Ministry of Science and Innovation – State Research Agency; and the Junta de Andalucia COPERNICA (P20_01224) and METAMORFOSIS (FEDER_US-1381375) projects.

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OliveiraJr, E., Benavides, D. (2023). Principles of Software Product Lines. In: OliveiraJr, E. (eds) UML-Based Software Product Line Engineering with SMarty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18556-4_1

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